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3. Write about the influenza pandemic of 1918 using the
words given. Use passive sentences.
Model
.
30 million people / kill / influenza pandemic of 1918.
30 million people were killed by the influenza
pandemic of 1918.
1.
People / strike / illness on the street.
2.
Nothing / can do / to stop the spread of the disease.
3.
The virus / spread / movement of large numbers of people.
4.
More coffins and gravediggers / need.
5.
The origins / not know even today.
6.
Antibiotics / not use / until the 1950s.
7.
Many thousands of people / kill / the flu virus since 1918.
4. Rewrite these instructions using passive sentences.
Model:
You should give 0.5 ml doses of the MMR vaccine.
0.5 ml doses should be given.
1.
We give MMR vaccinations to two-year-old children.
2.
Vaccinations may cause an adverse reaction.
3.
We know about hypersensitivity to the hepatitis A vaccine.
4.
You have to give hepatitis B vaccinations to health care workers.
5.
You must not handle soiled dressings without gloves on.
6. You should not give this to pregnant women.
5. Identify passive structures and give Russian equivalents of
the relevant part of the sentence as shown in the folloing model
.
Model:
Under these conditions the questions cannot be
answered unambiguosly. (На вопрос нельзя отве-
тить ...)
1. Some people are easily influenced by other people's opinions.
2. The seminar has been attended by all the participants.
3. In several areas of research the efforts of scientists will be joined
by those of philosophers and sociologists.
4. This method has been referred to in an earlier paper.
5. The measurements have been carried out with a conventional ap-
paratus slightly modified by the author.
6. All possible sources of error are taken into account and considera-
tion is given to the advantages and shortcomings of the present
approach.